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Members of the Wadena-Deer Creek Middle/High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) chapter destined to compete at the National FCCLA Conference in Nashville this June pose with Cindi Koll, FCCLA advisor. From left, Hope Norenberg, freshman; Shania Lannes, junior; Koll; and Angela Torkkola, freshman.

3 FCCLA members from WDC headed to nationals

After months of designing and changing their competition projects, three members from Wadena-Deer Creek Middle/High School chapter of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) are about to...

news / local Fri, May 17, 2013 - 11:05am

Reid Miller of the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines clay target shooting team fires a round during practice April 20 at the Knob Hill Sportsmen’s Club.

WDC clay target shooters open season

Norm Gallant’s Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines have launched their first season of clay target shooting competition. Members of the WDC team include Brady Adams, Seth Ament, Emily Astle, William Astle, Blaine...

sports Fri, Apr 26, 2013 - 10:40am

Photo by Brian Hansel
An estimated 650 students, faculty members and administrators took part in a statewide tornado drill Thursday afternoon by filing into the safe room at the Wadena-Deer Creek Middle/High School. The room is designed to hold ap-proximately 1,200 occupants and withstand an F-5 tornado.

news Fri, Apr 19, 2013 - 12:48pm

Next fall's kindergarten numbers at 65

BRIAN HANSEL bhansel@wadenapj.com Wadena-Deer Creek Superintendent Virginia Dahlstrom informed the District 2155 board Monday night that kindergarten numbers for the 2013-2014 school year were at 65 as of April 15...

news / local Fri, Apr 19, 2013 - 12:00am

The Wadena-Deer Creek School Board held its reorganization meeting, Monday. The board re-elected the same officers for 2013. Sitting, from left: Steve Techam, chair; John Moenkedick, clerk; Ann Pate, vice chair; back, from left: Kent Schmidt, new director; Wayne Perkins, director; and Peter Hayes, treasurer. Photo by Dana Pavek, Wadena-Deer Creek Schools

WDC School Board re-elects officers, votes to freeze stipend

Three school board members were officially inducted on the Wadena-Deer Creek School Board, during a Monday meeting at WDC Middle/High School. The inductees were Peter Hayes, Steve Techam and Kent...

news Sat, Jan 12, 2013 - 12:00am

Enrollment climbs for both Wadena-Deer Creek Schools

Wadena-Deer Creek student enrollment returned to the 2010 opening day total of 1,001 Tuesday, according to District 2155 figures. The opening of the new $38 million high/middle school building on...

education Sat, Sep 08, 2012 - 12:00am

Photo by Rachelle Klemme
A Freedom Flight hot air balloon used to raise awareness for prisoners of war and service members missing in action was displayed at the new Wadena-Deer Creek Middle/High School building Tuesday morning, during the flag raising ceremony.

Hot air balloon featured at Wadena-Deer Creek flag raising

A hot air balloon used to raise awareness for Prisoners of War and Missing in Action (POW-MIA) military personnel was displayed at the new Wadena-Deer Creek Middle/High School, during Tuesday's...

entertainment / news Sat, Sep 08, 2012 - 12:00am

Wadena-Deer Creek Head Coach Howie Kangas meets with some of his players in the first half of Friday's prep football game at Barrett. Kangas and the Wolverines broke a 17-game losing string by topping the Knights 28-16.

Wolverines checkmate Knights in season opener

Evan VanErp logged 152 rushing yards and scored three touchdowns Friday as the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines broke a 17-game losing streak by topping West Central Area 28-16. The game marked...

sports Sat, Sep 08, 2012 - 12:00am

Photo by Brian Hansel
Wadena-Deer Creek's Halley Maas goes for a kill during Thursday night's first game with Moorhead in the new WDC gymnasium.

Wolverines thwart Cowgirls in 3-0 volleyball sweep

Emily Miron's 20 kills and Heather Theisen's 29 assists sparked Wadena-Deer Creek Tuesday in a sweep of the Breckenridge Cowgirls. The Wolverines held the Cowgirls to a total of 10...

sports / sports Sat, Sep 08, 2012 - 12:00am

Photo by Brian Hansel
Abby Wegscheid returns a volley in her No. 4 simgles match Thursday on the WDC courts.

Wolverines suffer two 6-1 court losses

Wadena-Deer Creek's Macy Hartman stopped Julia Smith of Park Rapids 6-2, 6-4 in the No. 1 singles match Tuesday on the local courts. Abby Wegscheid gave Park Rapids' Lydia Schaum...

sports Sat, Sep 08, 2012 - 12:00am

Photo by Brian Hansel
Wadena-Deer Creek's Emma Schmitz kicks for the finish line Tuesday in the annual Wadena-Deer Creek Cross Country Invitational at Whitetail Run Golf Course. Schmitz placed 15th with a time of 17:40.

Schmitz places 15th in WDC Invitational

Emma Schmitz ran 15th with a time of 17:40 Tuesday in the Wadena-Deer Creek Cross Country Invitational at Whitetail Run. WDC's 2011 Class A state qualifier was off more than...

sports Sat, Sep 08, 2012 - 12:00am

Photo by Dana Pavek, WDC Schools
Community members roam the second floor of the new Wadena-Deer Creek School on Wednesday evening, shortly after an opening ceremony took place in the building's gymnasium.

WDC School well-received

"Amazing...beautiful...impressive...wow!" The adjectives were endless Wednesday night as the public got their first view of the new Wadena-Deer Creek School. A Dedication Ceremony at 5:30 p.m. kicked off the evening,...

Wed, Sep 05, 2012 - 5:45pm

Photo by Brian Hansel
Wadena-Deer Creek's Sarah Najjar returns a shot as No. 1 doubles partner Ashley Carlson looks on Tuesday during a dual tennis meet with New York Mills. Najjar and Carlson defeated Emily Blomberg and Jewelle Boe 7-6, (8-6), 6-0.

Wolverines clip Eagles 7-0 for second court victory

Vicki Smith saw her Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines claim their second victory of the season Tuesday as they blanked New York Mills 7-0 on the local courts. Coming off a third...

sports Wed, Sep 05, 2012 - 5:39pm

Photo by Dain Sullivan
Virginia Dahlstrom, superintendent for Wadena-Deer Creek Middle/High School, throws her fist in the air in the WDC gymnasium Wednesday evening as she welcomes community members to the dedication ceremony of the new school building. On June 17, 2010, a tornado moved through Wadena and destroyed the old school. Two years later, the community is celebrating the opening of a new facility.

A school of their own

There wasn't an empty seat in the house Wednesday evening, as community members, students and staff flooded into the new Wadena-Deer Creek Middle/High School gymnasium for the facility's long-awaited dedication...

news / education Wed, Sep 05, 2012 - 5:28pm

Photos by Rachelle Klemme
Jim Formanek, former Wadena-Deer Creek art teacher, shows a music-themed mural Monday in the upstairs of The Uptown, where he has been storing it and other student artwork from the 1990s and 2000s. The art was salvaged after a June 17, 2010 tornado destroyed the old WDC school.

Student murals may not hang in new school

As the new Wadena-Deer Creek Middle/High School opens, the fate of some old high school memorabilia is in question. Jim Formanek, former WDC art teacher and current owner of The...

education Wed, Sep 05, 2012 - 5:28pm

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